(CNN) – It is now day two of a three-day cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian factions in Gaza.

But before the relative calm, Israel claims militants in Gaza fired more than 3,000 rockets at them, many stored, assembled and fired from humanitarian shelters, hospitals, schools and mosques, with the very young civilian population serving as human shields.

While Israel has taken a ton of media heat for their relentless response to these rockets, it is Hamas that may have just been caught red-handed.

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